OET interlinear GAL 3:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

οὕτως ἀνόητοί ἐστε

thus foolish ˱you_all˲_are

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form to emphatically express his surprise. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [You are very foolish!] or [Don’t be so foolish!] or [Surely you cannot be so foolish!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

ἐναρξάμενοι Πνεύματι, νῦν σαρκὶ ἐπιτελεῖσθε

˓having˒_begun ˱in˲_˓the˒_Spirit now ˱in˲_˓the˒_flesh ˱you_all˲_˓are˒_accomplishing

Paul is not asking for information, but is using the question form to guide the Galatian believers thinking about what they are doing. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἐναρξάμενοι

˓having˒_begun

Paul is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. If it would be helpful in your language, you could supply these words from the context. Alternate translation: [Having begun the Christian life] or [Having begun your new relationship with God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

σαρκὶ

˱in˲_˓the˒_flesh

Paul is describing the actions people do while in their body by association with their body, which he calls flesh. Here, flesh refers to a reliance on one’s own effort in doing outward deeds and doing these actions with a self-sufficient and self-reliant trust in them instead of trusting in God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use plain language. Alternate translation: [by your own effort]